Tories spend $3.25 million on anti-drug TV ads

"Learn the language, before your kids do."

- The Conservative government is spending $3.25 million on new anti-drug ads that urge parents to talk to their kids about narcotics.

Health Minister Tony Clement says all the recent talk about marijuana decriminalization has left kids confused about the dangers of drugs. "I can tell you that it is my fervent hope that fewer and fewer young people will get caught up in the maelstrom of drugs and addiction in the years ahead," Clement said.

"As minister of health but, perhaps more importantly as a father myself, I'm deeply troubled by the prevalence of drug use among our country's young people." Read more